The Winery Harlan Estate of Oakville of California

Winery Harlan Estate - Harlan Estate Red
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.7.
This estate is part of the Harlan Estate.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of California.
It is located in Oakville in the region of California

The Winery Harlan Estate is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Oakville to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Harlan Estate wines

Looking for the best Winery Harlan Estate wines in Oakville among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Harlan Estate wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Harlan Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Harlan Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Harlan Estate

How Winery Harlan Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beer goulash, lamb curry with coconut milk or rabbit socks in gibelotte.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Harlan Estate

On the nose the red wine of Winery Harlan Estate. often reveals types of flavors of cream, boysenberries or microbio and sometimes also flavors of earth, non oak or sage. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Harlan Estate. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Harlan Estate

  • 1989With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.74/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.72/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.72/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Harlan Estate.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Oakville

The wine region of Oakville is located in the region of Napa Valley of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Schrader or the Domaine Schrader produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Oakville are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Oakville often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dried herbs or cigar and sometimes also flavors of bell pepper, green bell pepper or baking spice.

In the mouth of Oakville is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 251 estates and châteaux in the of Oakville, producing 498 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Oakville go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Harlan Estate

Planning a wine route in the of Oakville? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Harlan Estate.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Harlan Estate and wines from the region

Napa ‘library’ auction has rare Screaming Eagle and Harlan magnums

Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate, Mayacamas and Spottswoode are among the major names featured in the Napa Valley Library Wine Auction via Sotheby’s. More than 50 lots have been assembled for the sale, which began online this week and will culminate in a live auction on 5 February in New York. Organised in partnership with trade body Napa Valley Vintners, the auction includes vintages back to 1978 and wines have been sourced direct from winery cellars. One rare lot involves a magnum of each of Scr ...

Premiere Napa Valley 2022 auction sales top $2m

Total sales in the Premiere Napa Valley 2022 auction hit $2.1m, including the buyer’s premium, according to Sotheby’s, which co-hosted the event alongside trade body Napa Valley Vintners. All 109 lots were ‘one-of-a-kind’ cuvées from leading producers, created specifically for the Premiere Napa Valley 2022 auction. Wines were from the 2019, 2020 and 2021 vintages. Only trade buyers can take part in the annual sale, but restaurants, retailers and merchants purchasing lots will generally offer the ...

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting

The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.